Bee Simulator

released on Nov 12, 2019

Compete with other bees in races, collect pollen, perform waggle dances, and explore a world inspired by Central Park in New York. Play it with your family or friends, choosing between three modes, including co-op and vs. split-screen.


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You're a bee and you can wear hats. Do I need to say more?

For an educational tool, this was silly and fun. I'm surprised I didn't feel any motion sickness from a camera following a flying bee. You could finish the story and some exploration in two hours. I couldn't resist the achievements so that's why my time is longer.

You're a bee and you gather pollen for your hive. There's a glossary that can tell you more about animals, insects, flowers, etc you see in the game. You can earn points to buy skins, hats, and path animations. There are side quests and mini games to explore. The map is surprisingly large and you can fast travel right from your menu.

The negative is the gameplay and bugs (achievements are buggy, not insect bugs). The gameplay will get repetitive if you're trying to collect all feats. It doesn't add anything new. Most of the extra challenges are mini games like racing and fighting. The bugs are bad enough to stop you from collecting certain feats/achievements unless you can start a new game (like I had to) or mess with the game codes to fix it. If you don't care about 100% then it's not a big deal.

A game with a precise and specific target audience that, I'm sure, has never captured the attention of anyone within that target, despite Steam's claims to the contrary

What a power move by this developer to attach lots of easy, shiny achievements to their educational video game about bees, thus enticing gamerscore-obsessed gamers to play something where every loading screen has a Fun Fact About The Honeybee.

No, I'm not telling on myself here. I played this the moment a friend told me that it was a cute nature game instead of a funny meme game. Is it low-budget and aimed at kids? Yes. Did it also make me a bit teary-eyed over the plight of bees? Also yes.

According to all known laws
of aviation,
:
there is no way a bee
should be able to fly.
:
Its wings are too small to get
its fat little body off the ground.
:
The bee, of course, flies anyway
:
because bees don't care
what humans think is impossible.